Ray Groom was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years.
24 Facts About Ray Groom
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Ray Groom was Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996 and served as Deputy Premier and Attorney-General.
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Ray Groom was born in Elsternwick, a suburb of Melbourne.
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Ray Groom's family moved to Tasmania when he was a young child.
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Ray Groom represented the North Western Football Union and Tasmania before joining the Victorian Football League club Melbourne in 1963.
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Ray Groom played 96 senior games with Melbourne at centre half forward, as a ruck rover and at centre half back.
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On Ron Barassi's retirement, Ray Groom was invited by Melbourne coach Norm Smith to wear the club's prized Number 31 guernsey.
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Ray Groom represented Victoria and won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal as Melbourne's Best and Fairest player in 1968.
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Ray Groom later represented Tasmania at the 1969 National Carnival in Adelaide.
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Ray Groom won state titles in both Tasmania and Victoria as a sprinter and long jumper.
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Ray Groom first stood for the House of Representatives seat of Braddon in 1974 at the age of 30 but was unsuccessful.
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Ray Groom served in the second Fraser Ministry as Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development from December 1977 to December 1978 and then Minister for Housing and Construction until November 1980.
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Ray Groom retired from the Australian Parliament immediately prior to the 1984 election.
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Ray Groom immediately became the Minister for Forests, Mines and Sea Fisheries.
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Ray Groom became deputy opposition leader after the Liberals' defeat in 1989.
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Ray Groom became Premier of Tasmania after leading the Liberals to victory in the 1992 state election with a majority of 19 seats on a swing of over seven percent.
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However, Ray Groom had promised before the election that he would only govern in majority and resigned.
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Ray Groom was replaced by Tony Rundle, who quickly reached an agreement with the Greens.
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Ray Groom remained in Parliament until 2001, serving as Attorney-General, Minister for Tourism and Minister for Workplace Standards until the 1998 election, when the Rundle Government was defeated.
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Ray Groom is a former chairman of Southern Cross Care Tasmania and Southern Cross Care Australia.
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Ray Groom was appointed a Deputy President of the Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal in 2004 and continues in that position.
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Ray Groom is currently a member of the Tribunal's Executive Deputy Presidents Committee and the Practice and Procedure Committee.
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Ray Groom is married to Gillian Crisp and they have four sons and two daughters.
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One of his sons, Matthew Ray Groom, served as a member of the Tasmanian parliament until 2018.